Repressive regime forced to release abducted activists

Protest in response and release of the two shows potential for united struggle

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The brutal government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) is undoubtedly behind the abduction of two activists, Premakumar Gunaratnam and Dimuthu Attygalle of the Frontline Socialist Party. After three days of interrogation at some kind of camp to which they had both been taken separately, they were released yesterday. Dimuthu Attygalle was dropped by her captors from one of the infamous white vans, only when the Sri...

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United Socialist Party holds successful congress

“Difficult times - yet we are defiant and determined!”

CWI reporter

The 12th Congress of the United Socialist Party (CWI, Sri Lanka) was held last week-end (8 and 9 October) at Kamkaru Sewana Hall, Ratmalana in the outskirts of Colombo.

Politically, Sri Lanka is passing through one of the darkest periods in its history, but the very fact that the USP was holding its Congress in these difficult times speaks volumes for the tenacity of its members,...

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May Day 2011: International Workers’ Day marked by marches and rallies

CWI participates worldwide - rebuild May Day’s fighting traditions!

CWI Reporters

Hundreds of thousands were in the streets of Istanbul. Caracas saw an impressive rally of strength of the workers’ movement. Strong demonstrations took place for example in the US, with 100,000 in the streets of Milwaukee, see article of Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US).

May Day 2011 showed some of the fighting traditions of over 100 years of celebrating this day as one of...

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Global food crisis “can topple regimes”

Leaders fear inflation-driven revolts spreading beyond Middle East and North Africa • Financial speculation driving prices upwards

Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info

“It’s really something that can topple regimes, as we have seen in the Middle East.” This is the warning from economist Nouriel Roubini, discussing the surge in prices for fuel, transport and especially food, at last month’s World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Roubini was just one of many voices at the annual capitalist gathering who warned that rising...

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CWI 10th World Congress: Asia

"Social, economic and political crises are developing throughout Asia. They underline the vital importance of the CWI’s ideas and programme and the urgent task of developing the cadres for building future mass revolutionary parties."

Document No. 2, CWI World Congress

This document on Asia is one of the resolutions from the CWI’s 10th World Congress. Documents were agreed on World Relations, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, Russia and Eastern Europe, and on the situation in Africa.
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‘China Factor’ in post-war Sri Lanka

Chinese-built port in Sri Lanka fuels Indian fears Beijing is encircling them

Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka is latest in string of deepwater ports built with Chinese aid along Indian ocean coast

A vast new Chinese-built and funded port was inauguratedtoday in the far south of Sri Lanka, fuelling the growing concern of neighbours India that they are being encircled by Beijing.

The deep-water facility at Hambantota on the south coast of the island was officially opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to kick off spectacular festivities...

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Mass student protest in Britain: ‘This is just the beginning’

Over 50,000 students on London demo express anger against cuts

Statement by Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

The anger of students and young people against the proposed cuts to education and vicious tuition fee rises was impossible to ignore on the demo on 10 November 2010. Not only did students turn out in numbers not seen in 30 years, they were clear that this had to be the start of a campaign to stop cuts.

Coaches...

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How China and India Displaced the West in Sri Lanka?

 by Amantha Perera 

Courtesy: The Time

(October 04, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) As a Sri Lankan military offensive destroyed the last remnants of the Tamil Tiger separatist insurgency in May of last year to end a quarter century of bloody civil war the country faced a problem at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva: The European Union (EU)...

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Opinion: Sri Lanka holds tight to China

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Why the world should be worried about Sri Lanka's deepening ties with China.

by Karunyan Arulantham

Courtesy GlobalPost

(September 29, Los Angeles, Sri Lanka guardian)When the voters of war-torn Sri Lanka cast their ballots in last January’s presidential election, little did they realize that the winner, incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa, would take such...

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